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William White, Sheffield, 1851, accessed at Genuki, 28 February 2009 In 1851 the parish contained 518 inhabitants. Sir Edward Vavasour, Bart., was the

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Draycot family lived in the parish. Anthony Draycot, priest, died here in 1571. * Joseph Reeves, a shepherd of this parish, who claimed to have lived to be 127 years old. He said he had never taken tobacco or physic, nor drank between meals, alleviating his thirst by rolling pebbles in his mouth."

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